Name: I Still Cry (30 Years Gone)
Duration: P00H03M39S
Description: This song is dedicated to the memory of Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch who were brutally murdered in the Robin Hood Woods of West Memphis Arkansas on May 5, 1993. 30 years ago. Written February 16, 2012. Recorded at home because I couldn't afford the studio time.

I Still Cry (30 Years Gone)

from Life or Death by The Soakes Lonesome, Dennis Patrick McDonald

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This song is dedicated to the memory of Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch who were brutally murdered in the Robin Hood Woods of West Memphis Arkansas on May 5, 1993. 30 years ago. Written February 16, 2012. Recorded at home because I couldn't afford the studio time.

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In the Robin Hood Hills of Arkansas
Where three little boys were killed
As they lay in a ditch near the tri pipe bridge
Innocent blood was spilled

I know it happened quite a while ago
It’s almost been thirty years
It shattered lives and made time stand still
But my eyes still well with tears

I can never, never forget you
And now I know I never will
I still cry I feel dead inside
Why did you have to die?

Michael, Christopher, & little Steve
You’re not where you’re supposed to be
You were denied your childhood
You deserved to live

Now you’re safe from harm up where you are
In the arms of God
I’m ashamed of humanity
When guilt walks free right among us all

I can never, never forget you
Now I know I never will
And I still cry I feel dead inside
Why did you have to die?

I will never, ever forget you
Now I know I never will
And I will cry, I will always remember I will always pray for you

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from Life or Death, released September 30, 2022
Words and music by Dennis Patrick McDonald

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The Soakes Lonesome Richmond Hill, Ontario

I am a survivor of childhood physical, emotional and sexual abuse.

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